Producing Maps with SAS/GRAPH

This course teaches you to use SAS/GRAPH software to produce various types of maps to display geographically based data. In addition, you learn how to add annotations to maps, and create and modify map data sets.

Learn how to

use the GMAP procedure to create choropleth, prism, block, and surface maps that display data based on geographic entities

add annotation (lines, symbols, text, images) to your maps

create your own map data sets from scratch or by importing coordinates from other vendors

Formats available

Standard duration

Before attending this course, you should have taken the SAS Programming 1: Essentials and the SAS/GRAPH : Essentials courses or have equivalent experience. You should be able to create basic plots and charts with SAS/GRAPH and have some familiarity with the following:

the Output Delivery System (ODS)

the AXIS statement, LEGEND statement, or both

the Annotate facility.

This course addresses Base SAS, SAS/GRAPH software.This course is appropriate for students who are using SAS 9 software.